Digital Matte Painter

Description

FuseFX has an opening in Vancouver! We have opportunities at our studio for an experienced and talented Digital Matte Painter with a background in television and/or feature film VFX to join our creative team.

A FuseFX Digital Matte Painter is responsible for painting/creating photorealistic digital images then applying those images to geometry in a 3-D environment with consistent and seamless results. 

FuseFX is an Emmy-award winning visual effects and animation studio focused on producing photo-real digital effects for feature film, episodic television, and commercials.

Responsibilities:

• Reviewing client/company notes to determine the type, placement, and number of matte painting elements required to compliment a specific shot methodology
• Examining the plates, clips, and stills of the background and/or principal action as available
• Compiling strong image elements from multiple sources for use in DMPs
• Evaluating the look of visual components of a shot, including modeling, textures, and lighting, in an effort to integrate the digital matte painting
• Creating photorealistic digital images through often hybrid 2D and 3D approaches with consistent and seamless results
• Preparing tests of proposed matte painting to show to the VFX Supervisor and/or client to apprise them of the progress and synchronization of matte work
• Finalizing and integrating the final elements

 Traits of a successful FuseFX DMP:

•  Experience in Photoshop, 3D S Max or Maya, Nuke or After Effects, Clarisse, and 2.5D projection workflows
• Knowledge of cameras, lenses, distortion, issues of perspective and parallax